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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Associate operating in the Universities space. If you think a Associate is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Louise Almond
Associate Director, Process Sciences of Allergan
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About Allergan, Pharmaron: Allergan is a global pharmaceutical company.
Martin Kleppmann
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
Dr Martin Kleppmann is a researcher in distributed systems at the University of Cambridge, and author of the acclaimed book “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly Media, 2017). In his previous startup career he co-founded Rapportive in 2010 (acquired by LinkedIn in 2012) and Go Test It in 2007 (acquired by Red Gate Software in 2009).
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Tongyun Li
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
Tongyun Li is the Co-Founder at ZifiSense. He attended University of Cambridge in 2007.
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About University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Dr Zheng Yuan
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Jasmin Fisher
Associate Professor in Systems Biology of University of Cambridge
Fisher’s research in executable biology focuses on cutting-edge technologies for modelling the molecular mechanisms of cancer and the development of novel drug therapies.
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Richard Kay
Senior Research Associate of University of Cambridge
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Anna Calamia
Teaching Associate of University of Cambridge
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Anna Calamia
Teaching Associate of University of Cambridge
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Karina Vold
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Asaf Lubin
Faculty Associate of Harvard University
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About Harvard University, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Yale Information Society Project: Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
Asaf Lubin
Faculty Associate of Harvard University
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About Harvard University, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Yale Information Society Project: Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
Lucas Kello
Associate Professor of International Relations of University of Oxford
Lucas Kello is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford University. He serves as Director of the Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, a major research initiative on the impact of modern technology on international relations, government, and society. He is also co-Director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security at the Department of Computer Science. His recent publications include The Virtual Weapon and International Order (Yale University Press), a book that explains the transforming impact of the current cyber revolution on national security and international affairs.
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About Oxford Analytica, University of Oxford: Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
François Caron
Associate Professor of Statistics of University of Oxford
Francois Caron is an Associate Professor in the department of Statistics and a tutorial Fellow at Keble College, University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, London. He is co-director of the Oxford-Warwick EPSRC-MRC Centre for Doctoral Training in modern statistical science (OxWaSP).
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About Alan Turing Institute, University of Oxford: Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Max Little
Honorary Associate Professor of University of Oxford
Max Little is a Associate Professor at University of Oxford.
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About University of Birmingham, University of Oxford: Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Michael Osborne
Associate Professor of University of Oxford
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About University of Oxford: Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Anton Dek
Research Associate of Cambridge Judge Business School
Anton is a data science specialist with a PhD and experience both in academia and the private sector. Anton’s research interests include the cryptoassets market and its behavioural aspects. Anton is the co-author of the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, the real-time estimate of the total electricity load and consumption of the Bitcoin network. Previously, Anton taught Data Science at Karazin Kharkiv National University and the University of Barcelona. He also worked at, and then managed, an analytics company where he mastered the software development cycle and came across Bitcoin while working on its price modelling. Prior to his work with cryptoassets, Anton specialised in renewable energy and conducted nuclear safety tests at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology as a Research Fellow. Anton holds an MSc in Applied Physics and an MSc in Applied Economics from the Karazin Kharkiv National University.
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About Cambridge Judge Business School: Cambridge Judge Business School is a business school of University of Cambridge located in the United Kingdom.
Martin Stoelen
Associate Professor of Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
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About Fieldwork Robotics, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences is one of the higher education institutions in Norway.
